Hammerhead (Original title)
Dates: 1968 (Copyright), 27 October 1968 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: David Miller
Synopsis: Adventure thriller. Secret agent Charles Hood is sent to investigate when a master criminal, Hammerhead, hatches a plot to spy on top secret NATO defence plans. In Portugal, Hood passes himself off as an art dealer, catering to Hammerhead's taste in titillating and pornographic works of art. Aided and hindered by London artist and nightclub singer Sue Trenton, Hood follows a series of clues and finally discovers that an expert mimic has replaced a noted diplomat at a one-off top-security meeting, and thus will be able to relay the secrets to Hammerhead. Hood tries to stop them before it is too late.
Genre: Thriller
Subjects: Espionage, Diplomats, Art, Pornography, Doubles
Dates: 1968 (Copyright), 27 October 1968 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: David Miller
Synopsis: Adventure thriller. Secret agent Charles Hood is sent to investigate when a master criminal, Hammerhead, hatches a plot to spy on top secret NATO defence plans. In Portugal, Hood passes himself off as an art dealer, catering to Hammerhead's taste in titillating and pornographic works of art. Aided and hindered by London artist and nightclub singer Sue Trenton, Hood follows a series of clues and finally discovers that an expert mimic has replaced a noted diplomat at a one-off top-security meeting, and thus will be able to relay the secrets to Hammerhead. Hood tries to stop them before it is too late.
Genre: Thriller
Subjects: Espionage, Diplomats, Art, Pornography, Doubles
Credits
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©: Irving Allen Limited, Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Produced by: Irving Allen, Associate Producer: Andrew Donally, Production Manager: L.C. Rudkin, Assistant Director: John O'Connor, Assistant Director: John Danischewsky, Continuity: Rita Davison, Screenplay by: William Bast, Herbert Baker, Adaptation: John Briley, Based on the novel by: James Mayo, Director of Photography: Kenneth Talbot, Director of Photography: Wilkie Cooper, Camera Operator: Cece Cooney, Camera Operator: Ray Parslow, Special Effects: Patrick Moore, Film Editor: Geoffrey Foot, Art Director: John Howell, Set Decorator: Pamela Cornell, Costumes by: Brian Cox, Bermans, Make-up: Alan Brownie, Hairdressing: Anne Box, Music Composed and Conducted by: David Whitaker, Choreography: Ralph Tobert, Sound Recordist: Hugh Strain, Logo [Sound System]: Westrex Recording System, Sound Editor: Charles Crafford, Stunt Co-ordinator: Gerry Crampton, Made at: Associated British Elstree Studios, MGM British Studios
Cast
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Vince Edwards (Charles Hood), Judy Geeson (Sue Trenton), Peter Vaughan (Hammerhead), Diana Dors (Kit), Michael Bates (Andreas/Sir Richard), Beverly Adams (Ivory), Patrick Cargill (Condor), Patrick Holt (Huntzinger), William Mervyn (Perrin), Douglas Wilmer (Vendriani), Tracy Reed (Miss Hull), Kenneth Cope (motorcyclist), Kathleen Byron (Lady Calvert), Jack Woolgar (Tookey Tate), Joseph Furst (Count Ortega), David Prowse (George), Earl Younger (Brian), Romo Gorrara (Marcel), Maggie Wright (Roselle), Veronica Carlson (Ulla), Penny Brahms (Freda), Sarah Hardenberg (Kiki), Otto Diamant (Jao), Windsor Davies (police sergeant), Arthur Gomez (café proprietor), Andrea Malandrinos (Post Office Guard), Tony Caunter ([])